Hillary Clinton must win this time!

I support Democracy because it beats all other alternatives that I've encountered thus far. But I have very little faith in it. Life has taught me that you can't depend on the intelligence of the public, because they are uninformed, uneducated, and easily misled. Misled by political corporations that serve the interests of the super-rich (Fox News), by the media groups that invent controversy and scandal at the expense of honest debate of important issues and in exchange for advertising revenue (CBS, NBC, ABC), and the lobbying groups & think tanks that are by their very nature designed to influence & manipulate the minds of masses. So although I am very confident that Hillary Clinton will win the next upcoming Presidential Election, until her inauguration, I am still going to worry about it. She hasn't even announced her candidacy, and yet the right-wing machine in combination with a scandal obsessed media, have kept Benghazi in the news, even though 98% of Americans wouldn't even be able to locate it on a map. We've also had this nonsense about her emails as Secretary of State being treated as though she broke the law or if she was hiding something just because she won't allow the media to read her PRIVATE emails. I wouldn't worry so much about all of the aforementioned crap, if it wasn't for the fact that Democratic voters have a history of eating their own. I was born during the Carter administration. So that's 6 presidents so far. And one thing I've learned about American voters is that they have an extremely short memory. No matter how bad a Republican administration is, no matter how much they mess things up, no matter how unhappy the populace is, after a Democrat President is elected and cleans things up, the public is ready to give Republicans another round after 4 to 8 years. If you don't believe me, ask yourself when the last time we had 2 Democrat Presidents elected back-to-back. The answer is JFK and then Lyndon B. Johnson. So we haven't had it happen since the 60's. Since before I was born. President Clinton gave the United States a great economy and relative peace for 8 years and then America went and elected George W. Bush, one of the worst Presidents in recent history. We are nearing the end of President Obama, who has saved the country from a second Great Depression, rebuilt the economy, and ended a war the last President started, and here the country is, actually considering handing the country over to a party that has gotten WORSE since the Bush Era. I really hope Democrats get their shit together and rally around Hillary, because too much is at stake. #1 We can't afford any more wars, and if a Republican is in office, we WILL declare war on someone. #2 Our economy is on the right track and the last thing we need is more tax cuts for the rich and high unemployment again. And finally and most importantly #3 The next President will probably nominate 4 Supreme Court Justices. Not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4. This election will pretty much determine how the rest of my life unfolds. Those seats are for life, and nothing can undo the damage a Republican President can do if he puts 4 Justices in that court. Nothing!

2 steps forward, 2 steps back

Although I'm an optimist at heart, sometimes life in America seems to be an intricate dance. Something good seemingly happens in pop culture - public life, and then something bad happens to neutralize it. I try to remind myself that it's just an effect of mass media: Bad news travels faster and farther than good news. For example, you'll see more murders reported on the news even as the murder rates decline, but you'll only hear about a local charitable event once (if any). Even knowing that, it's still difficult, even for optimists like me, to stay cheery all the time. So when I heard that Elizabeth Hasslebeck was finally leaving The View for Fox News (insert eye-roll), I was extremely happy because she's the main reason I stopped watching the program. Then, the happiness instantly evaporated when I found out that there is a chance that anti-vaccine nut-job, Jenny McCarthy, will likely be replacing her. One step forward, another step back. Then, I was really happy that, after ignoring the problem for so long, CBS finally aired footage of all the racism/homophobia that's been taking place behind the scenes of Big Brother 15. Although they've still not shown all of it, I was pleased that they were no longer ignoring it & pretending it wasn't taking place. One step forward. Then we have the George Zimmerman trial, which has become a media spectacle. Instead of this being about seeking justice for the murder of a young man, it's become a social commentary about societies views on African American males. Another step back. Plus, the murderer got off. Two steps back. I'm now waiting for something good to happen to even everything out. And I also try to remind myself that you can't stop progress, you can only slow it down.

hell

PETA Members
Circle I Limbo

Ben Bernanke
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

NAMBLA Members
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

Bernie Madoff
Circle IV Rolling Weights

Rednecks
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

The Pope
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

Jerry Falwell
Circle VII Burning Sands

George Bush
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Republicans, Osama bin Laden
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

Obama (still love him)

I haven't written in this in a long time. Mainly because i'm pretty happy with President Obama. I'm not really happy with the Senate, but that's normal.

I'm done with this blue-dog crap

See this blog:

http://norfolkcitydems.blogspot.com/

Thank you Michael Steel.

I love Michael Steel. He is bringing down the Republican Party, AND I LOVE IT!
Read an interview here.

Inauguration Day : Hard work ahead

Today, January 20, 2009, is the day! Today is the inauguration of our 44th President - Barack Obama. It is a great day for our nation, but as someone who pays close attention, I see that there is a lot of hard work ahead. Unfortunately, it's going to be harder than it needs to be.

With the Republican party in chaos, you'd think that Obama's job would be a lot easier, but there are still wolves in sheep's clothing prowling about. So-called liberals and fake-democrats who really don't like Obama, and will do everything to make sure he fails, regardless of what it does to the country.

You still see so-called feminists that supported Clinton with Palin propaganda on their websites. You can hear the bitter tone spat out from their forked tongues when they post new blog entries. You can see the eagerness in their eyes, waiting...waiting...waiting for Obama to make a mistake so they can vilify him.

Despite the characterization of "kool-aid drinkers" that these usurpers of democracy use to describe supporters of our newly-elected President, we are very well aware of the fact that Obama isn't perfect, and that he's very limited in what he will be able to do in the next four years. We simply want him to succeed because we understand the real condition of the world, and if he fails...we...all of us...fail.